Jubilee Mines founder Kerry Harmanis believes it would take him at least twice as long to develop the nickel miner’s cornerstone project, the Cosmos mine, if he were to embark on the project under the current regulatory environment.
Perth town planner and 2007 Archibald Prize finalist Peter Ciemitis is part of a group of 18 town planners that has decided to show off a different creative angle by hosting an art exhibition later this month.
China’s insatiable appetite for Western Australia’s commodities has brought unprecedented economic prosperity to this state, but it has also shone the spotlight on a nation undergoing a massive transformation.
Wine merchant and Wavenet chairman Mick Stroud plans to have his Big Island Brewery business listed on the Australian Stock Exchange by June 11 following an initial public offering that will value the company at $20.5 million.
Great Southern Ltd has rejected claims from the Wine Grape Growers’ Australia that the grape glut that crippled many players in the industry during 2005 and 2006 would return to haunt the sector within five years.
The 2007 harvest has been a welcome relief for grape producers in WA, with unexpected sales to east coast operators easing the burden of oversupply. But the glut is yet to be fully overcome.
The grape glut may have created headaches for many players in the WA wine industry, but it has provided enormous opportunity for South West producer Stella Bella Wines Pty Ltd, which has plans to build a cellar door not too far from Leeuwin Estate.
Just about all of Vanya Cullen’s Margaret River neighbours have produced lower-than-average grape crops this year after weather conditions in 2005 and 2006 left vines bearing smaller grapes and smaller bunches.
Rob Mann is one of a handful of Western Australian winemakers lucky enough to get his hands on some cuttings of pinot gris – a white wine style growing in popularity with wine drinkers in Europe and the US.
There may be a host of rags-to-riches tales among the executives enjoying the share price spoils of their publicly listed entities, but it’s a storyline that also extends to the private sector.
Cazaly Resources joint managing director Nathan McMahon has vowed to continue fighting Rio Tinto if the mining minnow’s case in the Supreme Court of Western Australia Court of Appeal is unsuccessful.
Matilda Bay Restaurant owner and general manager Warwick Lavis is in the midst of a $2 million overhaul of what many consider one of Perth’s best riverside restaurants.
WA Business News’ Wealth Creators may be sitting on enormous fortunes, but that wealth is predominately on paper. And while the stock market can push the value of an individual’s shareholding up, it can just as easily make the wealth disappear.
Blackham Resources’ battle with Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd over the Scaddan lignite deposit further increases the industry’s uncertainty about investing in exploration in Western Australia, according to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
WELSHPOOL earthmoving business NRW Pty Ltd has acquired Hazelmere-based Action Mining Services, creating a major player in WA’s mining contractor sector.
The resources boom has swelled the job books for many of the country’s engineering firms, which in turn has lifted company profits and share prices and lined the pockets of some of the industry’s long-serving executives.
iiNet is set for a much bigger windfall from Telstra after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today advised the Perth-based ISP that the final price it was likely to force Telstra to on-sell its wholesale broadband service would be lower t
More than 20 surfboards emblazoned with Cape Mentelle’s new-look Georgiana and Marmaduke surf-inspired wine labels will be used in a promotional campaign across Australia later this year to showcase the Margaret River winery’s latest vintage.
WA's wine exports to China have been growing at a rate far beyond that of the industry’s key markets, but many local wineries believe it will take more than a decade before China becomes a significant customer of the state’s premium drops.
Tourism WA chair and restaurateur, Kate Lamont, believes Western Australia’s tourism promotion should be focused on markets that bring in big-spending tourists rather than attracting lots of low-spending ones.
